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<p The standard reference source for LaTeX is
<cite>A Document Preparation System: LaTeX</cite>,
by Leslie Lamport, ISBN 0-201-52983-1, published
jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company. The 2nd edition, 1994, describes LaTeX2e, the
second widely distributed version of LaTeX. The first edition of this
book, which appeared in 1985, described LaTeX 2.09.</p>

<p>The standard reference for what goes on inside TeX is
    <cite>The TeXbook</cite>
    by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, published jointly by
    the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley.</p>

<p>M. Goossens, F. Mittelbach, and A. Samarin,
    <cite>The LaTeX Companion</cite>, published
    by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-54199-8 (essential for the serious
    LaTeX hackers).</p>

<p>L. Botway and C. Biemesderfer,
    <cite>LaTeX Command Summary</cite>, published by
    the TeX Users Group, Providence, RI is a good companion.</p>

<p>A. Diller,
    <cite>LaTeX Line by Line</cite>, published by Wiley.</p>

<p>N. Walsh,
    <cite><a href="http://www.ora.com/catalog/tex/">Making TeX Work</a></cite>,
    published by O'Reilly &amp; Associates, ISBN 1-56592-051-1.</p>

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    Revised: rbs, 20 February 1997<br>
    Thanks to Anthony Stone (Cambridge) for suggestions.
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